Item 18 - Adopt Resolution for FY 2021 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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Preparedness Grants Manual | February 2021 20 Award Determination and Obligation Allocations Risk Methodology DHS defines risk as: “potential for an adverse outcome assessed as a function of hazard/threats, assets and their vulnerabilities, and consequences.” See DHS Lexicon Terms and Definitions: 2017 Edition – Revision 2, (Oct. 2017). The FEMA risk methodology is focused on three elements: • Threat: the likelihood of an attack being attempted by an adversary • Vulnerability: the likelihood that an attack is successful, given that it is attempted • Consequence: the effect of an event, incident, or occurrence Please see the applicable appendix of this Manual for each award program for specific information on the risk methodology applied for each program. Application Evaluation Criteria Programmatic Criteria See the Manual appendices and relevant program NOFOs for specific information on the application criteria specific to each program. Financial Integrity Criteria Prior to making a federal award, FEMA is required by 31 U.S.C. § 3354, as amended by the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019, Pub. L. No. 116-117 (2020); 41 U.S.C. § 2313; and 2 C.F.R. § 200.206 to review information available through any Office of Management and Budget (OMB)-designated repositories of governmentwide eligibility qualification or financial integrity information, including whether the applicant is suspended or debarred. FEMA may also pose additional questions to the applicant to aid in conducting the pre-award risk review. Therefore, application evaluation criteria may include the following risk-based considerations of the applicant: i. Financial stability. ii. Quality of management systems and ability to meet management standards. iii. History of performance in managing federal award. iv. Reports and findings from audits. v. Ability to effectively implement statutory, regulatory, or other requirements. All investments selected for recommendation will also undergo an additional risk review conducted by the FEMA Grants Management Specialist to evaluate the risk for noncompliance in carrying out the federal award. Using their subject-matter expertise, the questions the FEMA Grants Management Specialist may assess include, but are not limited to: • Is the applicant on any exclusion lists as identified in SAM.gov? • If the applicant has received federal funding in the past, has the applicant performed all audits required by the Single Audit requirements under 2 C.F.R. Part 200, Subpart F? • Has the applicant provided sufficient budget information and justification as required by the NOFO? • Are the costs proposed by the applicant in the budget information and justification allowable and reasonable based on the criteria set forth in this Manual and the applicable appendix, NOFO, and regulations?